November 2020 - tlhIngan-Hol

Klingon Word of the Day: 'er'In
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Klingon word: 'er'In Part of speech: noun Definition: end (of stick, rope, etc.), other end from {megh'an} Source: HQ:v12n2p6 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: jav
by Klingon Word of the Day 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 09, 2020 Klingon word: jav Part of speech: noun Definition: sixth tone of nonatonic musical scale Source: TKD (90 KE, 153 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Relative Clauses vs. Question Words
by Will Martin 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Hi, Reminded of Relative Clauses by the thread on whether or not Klingon is verb-centric, and reminded that in English, we have Relative Pronouns that are identical to Question Words, these two things united in my study of American Sign Language on the topic of what they call Rhetorical Questions. Okay, that packs a lot in not enough words. In ASL, instead of signing, “I am the person who said that Klingon is verb-centric,” I’d sign the question, “Who said that Klingon is verb-centric?” and then I’d raise my eyebrows and pause. I would then smile, return my eyebrows to a normal position and point to myself. They call this a Rhetorical Question because when I ask it, I’m not expecting you to answer. I’m setting you up to expect ME to answer. I would have lowered my eyebrows instead of raising them, if I were actually asking a question I wanted you to answer. So, in English, we would instead tend to say, “I am the person who said that Klingon is verb-centric,” using the word “who” as a relative pronoun, instead of as a question word, though in other contexts, this is a question word. In Klingon, we might say {tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu’DI’, wot potlh law’ Hoch potlh puS. jatlhboghpu’ nuv wa'DIch jIH.} That would use the Relative Clause to explain that the first person who said it was me. I could have gone the ASL way and said, {tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu’DI’, wot potlh law’ Hoch potlh puS. jatlhpu’bogh nuv wa'DIch wa’DIch ghaH ‘Iv’e’? jIH! jIjatlhpu’ jIH’e’!} The second version rambles on a bit and perhaps carries with it a prick-like sense of self-importance, but it is another way to cast the meaning without the use of the Relative Clause construction. Then again, you can always split it out into another sentence. {tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu’DI’, wot potlh law’ Hoch potlh puS. jatlhlu’DI’ nuv wa’DIch. nuvvam jIH.} Then again, the use of the word {wa’DIch} feels somewhat awkward. Maybe {jatlhpa’ latlhpu’} as a dependent clause would move the meaning from a noun (the first subject to perform the action} to a verb (the first performance of the action). None of this is important. Just overthinking things, as usual. charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

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Klingon Word of the Day: Hergh
by Klingon Word of the Day 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 08, 2020 Klingon word: Hergh Part of speech: noun Definition: medicine Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: jav
by Klingon Word of the Day 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 07, 2020 Klingon word: jav Part of speech: noun Definition: prisoner (slang) Source: TKD (90 KE, 153 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: qu'vu'
by Klingon Word of the Day 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 06, 2020 Klingon word: qu'vu' Part of speech: noun Definition: pyramid with a three-sided base, tetrahedron Source: Marc Okrand at European qepHom 1/25/2014 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: SIp
by Klingon Word of the Day 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 05, 2020 Klingon word: SIp Part of speech: noun Definition: gas Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: qe'rot 'oQqar
by Klingon Word of the Day 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 04, 2020 Klingon word: qe'rot 'oQqar Part of speech: noun Definition: carrot Source: EuroTalk Talk Now Klingon This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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prefix trick on -bogh clauses
by mayqel qunen'oS 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

prefix trick lulo'laH'a' {-bogh} mu'tlheghHom ? pelaD: ngeb vIqraq junobpu'bogh the artifact which you gave us is fake lugh'a' mu'tlheghvam ? ~ fgfghfgdghk

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Klingon Word of the Day: tuj muvwI'
by Klingon Word of the Day 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 03, 2020 Klingon word: tuj muvwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: thermo-suture Source: HQ (1:3 p9) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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